When your team captain hits a major career milestone, the team leadership makes a really big deal about it. Tonight there’s a dinner party to honor Grant, who will play his one thousandth game tomorrow night to a sold-out arena. Thankfully, Harper agreed to be my date, so I’m not alone here like I normally am at team events.
All the guys chipped in, and we bought Grant a surprise golfing trip to Scotland, our way of saying congrats and thanks for being a great captain. He’s thirty-four now, and I can’t help but wonder how many more years of hockey he has in him. Especially now that he has a kid and another on the way—I know he hates leaving Hunter and Ana. I would too if I had someone to come home to every night.
congrats and thanks for being a great captainBut I’d like to think Harper a
